Eeli describes well how I understand paraphrase and how I see the Volxbibel (or what I have read of it).
The Cottonpatch bible quoted by Eeli is in concept pretty close to what the VolxBibel does - finding not words or phrases fitting the original, but images and symbols which give (hopefully) a meaning appropriate to the original but in a thought world close to the listener. As such and with regard to translating or simply studying text privately or in group - paraphrasing is a useful technique as it allows to ascertain what is understood - and what not. Peter _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
